Improvement in rocking-chair fan attachments



L. A. WINTERS.

momma-01mm FAN ATTACHMENT.

No.175,317. Patented March 28,1876.

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LEWIS A. WINTERS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROCKING-CHAIR FAN ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,317, dated March28, 1876 application filed June 14, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: A

Be it known that I, LEWIS A. WINTERS, of Indianapolis, county of Marionand State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Apparatus to beAttached to the Arm of a Rocking-Chair, and operated in connectiontherewith in such a manner that the motion of the chair causes theapparatus to vibrate and move a fan properly applied.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the severalparts required to form an automatic device to operate a fan whenattached to the arm of a rocking-chair, of which the following is adescription Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improvedapparatus as attached to the arm of a rocking-chair. Fig. 2 is a frontview of the same.

A represents the clamping-device, which is secured to the chair-arm, oneside of which has a binding-screw, I).""Af"the top of the clamp A is anarm, T, which projects upward and at an angle from the clamp. At the topof the arm T is a bearing, H, arranged as shown. In this bearing Worksthe rocker-shaft J, having the arm G on one end. The shaft J is alsoprovided with holes L, drilled at difierent angles, to receive thehandle of the fan K; or there may be an adjustable collar on the shaftJ, made to hold the fan K, and secured to the shaft in any desiredposition by a set-screw. On the arm G is pivoted one end of theconnecting-rod or pitmun E, which is prevented from working off by thenut F. The rod E extends downward, and is pivoted to the weight It, asat P. The connecting-rod U is rigidly secured to the weight R, and theother end is pivoted to the downward-projecting arm of the clamp A at O.

The several pieces connected together and attached to a chair-arm, asshown and described, will, when motion is given to the chair, cause theweight R to vibrate on the pivot G. Thepitman E communicates motion tothe arm G, causing the rocker-shaft J to partially rotate backward andforward in the bearings H, thus moving the fan K with a motion similarto that given by the hand.

What I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the clamp A, having the extended arm T, the weightedlever U R, pivoted to one arm of the clamp, the pitman E, rock-shaft JG, and fan K, the Whole adapted to be applied to the arm of a chair, andconstructed and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEWIS A. WINTERS.

Witnesses:

JEROME STALEY, E. O. FRINK.

